March 6, 2023

Home is Where the Heart Is

Our basic need for a home—for the shelter, security, and sanctuary a home provides—is a universal human need. While headlines are aswirl with stories of rent escalations and affor…

March 6, 2023

New Sarasota housing collaborative partners with landlords for more rentals amid crisis

Jonathan Frankel has called Sarasota home for 33 years. His kids went to local schools, he owned a nice house, and he ran a thriving tiling business. “I was the marble man for the rich a…

February 28, 2023

Community Foundation of Sarasota County Taps Unique Funding to Support Affordable Housing Opportunity for Project 180

Through a combination of grant and program-related investment, formerly incarcerated citizens remain sheltered and connected In a bid to circumvent homelessness that can lead to recidivi…

October 31, 2022

Sarasota's Lofts on Lemon affordable workforce housing opens its doors to residents

Katie Dore spent the summer on pins and needles. Like hundreds of Sarasota County residents, the 31-year-old preschool teacher had put her name in the hat for a unit at Lofts on Lemon in downt…

January 26, 2022

Family Promise of South Sarasota County closes on purchase for Pathways Home campus

Family Promise of South Sarasota County closed Tuesday on its purchase of 10 cottages off of Substation Road to be used in its Pathways Home transitional housing program for participants in it…

November 14, 2021

Season of Sharing helps young Sarasota family move from shelter into a stable home

Her daughter’s first birthday was approaching, and Kayli Parker wanted to make it special. It didn’t matter that they were living in a temporary shelter of Harvest House. It didn&r…

November 9, 2021

Sarasota woman gets help from Season of Sharing after heart attack

Brenda Brown had just awakened from a nap one day this past spring when she felt a tightening in her chest. She couldn’t breathe. With a history of diabetes and heart problems, she calle…

November 9, 2021

Season of Sharing begins on the Suncoast

For 21 years the Season of Sharing has encourages people on the Suncoast to help others in emergency situations. Tis the season for sharing…The 21st year of season for sharing be…